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Jethro Tull A Little Light Music (EMI/Chrysalis) (STAR)(STAR)(STAR) Just in time for its acoustic tour, Tull's latest release culls some of the better moments, many of them acoustic-oriented, from last year's live dates. The timing is apt, because Ian Anderson, Martin Barre and Dave Pegg are stellar instrumentalists despite Tull's image as primarily a hard-rock relic. And while Anderson's voice may be a pinched echo of its glory days, the musical settings here are ideally suited to its deepened timbre.

Jethro Tull Catfish Rising (Chrysalis) (STAR)(STAR) 1/2 Ian Anderson's voice isn`t as supple as it was in the days of "Benefit," as resonant as it was on "Thick as a Brick." But an Anderson a bit past his vocal prime is better than most. And an Anderson dabbling in the blues- and folk-inflected fare that Tull does best is a sizable improvement over 1989's weak "Rock Island." With guitars, mandolins and basses crackling, Anderson and stalwarts Martin Barre and Dave Pegg turn in fine performances on "Roll Yer Own," "Thinking Round Corners" and "Like a Tall Thin Girl."

Robert K. "Bob" Anderson, 81, of Bolingbrook, IL, died August 2, 2006, beloved son of the late James A. and Grace, nee Spurling, Anderson; loving husband of Shirley, nee Lambert, Anderson; dear father of Jon, Linda (Gary) Patrick, Jeff (Brenda) Anderson, Kathy (Bud) Copeland; nine grandchildren and five greatgrandchildren. Preceded in death by his siblings, Jimmy, Dottie Hemphill and Joy Bone and grandson Ian Anderson. Former General Sales Manager for Santa Fe Trail Transportation Company and Founder, President and CEO of R.T. Transportation.

Various artists Rattlesnake Guitar: The Music of Peter Green (Viceroy) (star) (star) (star) Before Fleetwood Mac chewed up the charts in the mid-'70s with a series of nearly perfect pop-rock tunes, the group was known for its stylish blues interpretations. Peter Green--a passionate and disciplined guitar virtuoso--stood at the heart of the group, which obviously was influenced by the Delta and Chicago schools, Wes Montgomery and the British bluesmen who passed through John Mayall's congregations.

CALGARY, Alberta, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP filed an application with Canadian regulators on Monday to build the facilities necessary to expand its Trans Mountain crude oil pipeline to 890,000 barrels per day. The facilities application to the National Energy Board is a formal regulatory document and the crucial next step in Kinder Morgan's bid to nearly treble the capacity of its 300,000 bpd line that runs...

Bulgarian culture made it into the pop music limelight a few years back with "Le Mystere Des Voix Bulgares," which won a Grammy for the Sofia Women's Radio Choir in 1994. The late Philip Koutev, an arranger, composer and educator, was instrumental in implementing a folk revival in Bulgaria as early as 1951 when he formed the folk ensemble that bears his name. Ensemble Philip Koutev, on its first American tour since 1963, performed at the Irish American Heritage Center on Monday night, offering a Cook's tour of the dance and musical styles of their homeland in the process.

* Plans to add 550,000 bpd of new capacity * Expansion could be operating in 2017 CALGARY, Alberta, April 12 (Reuters) - Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP said on Thursday it would more than double the size of its Trans Mountain oil pipeline with a C$5 billion (US$5.02 billion) project to add 550,000 barrels per day of new capacity to the line that carries oil sands crude to Vancouver and Washington's Puget Sound. The company said that at a recent "open season" held to gauge shipper support for an expansion of the line, shippers were willing to commit as much as 660,000 bpd to the expansion for a 20 year term.

Bob Dylan, 'Christmas in the Heart' . (out of four) The first few seconds of Bob Dylan's first Christmas album (on Columbia) sound like something off a Ray Conniff Singers record: sleigh bells, chiming marimba, a choral vocal as smooth and plain as soft-serve vanilla ice cream. Dylan has always had a soft spot for certain creaky-sounding pop styles that predate rock 'n' roll. That appreciation manifests itself in a Christmas album replete with signifiers of yuletide's past, when Nat King Cole, Gene Autry and Mitch Miller crooned songs of good cheer.

`Welcome back my friends . . ." has been a familiar moniker for Emerson, Lake & Palmer over the years, but it was never more appropriately used than during the group's emotional return to the area Saturday evening at the New World Music Theatre. Keyboardist Keith Emerson is to rock keyboards what Jimi Hendrix was to rock guitar, so the news that Emerson's right hand was suffering from a severe case of ultra nerve transposition a couple of years ago was a severe blow to his fans and cast doubt about the very future of ELP. Thanks to successful surgery, physical therapy and a will of iron, Emerson is back, and no worse for the wear.

The summer concerts of the Grant Park Music Festival have become increasingly wide-ranging in recent years as the nation's only free, municipally funded outdoor classical music series steps up its efforts to attract a larger, more diverse audience. True to form, the lineup of artists and programs for Grant Park's 63d season will be internationally eclectic. On the classical end, the 10-week summer series will begin June 21 with a concert of operatic favorites featuring the celebrated Siberian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky, the Grant Park Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, and conductor Alessandro Siciliani.